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Rose POV
As I quickly took another small deer down, I sighed to myself. I'm so tired of these measly creatures. They never fully satiate the thirst that I can feel burning my throat and all the way down through the core of my body.
My body. Ha. What a joke. A sick joke.
This body is merely a shell of the young woman I used to be.
This body is practically carved from stone.
No warm blood pumps through it, blushing my cheeks the bright pink of a morning sunrise.
The pallid casing that I used to think of as skin no longer warms in the sun and turns a beautiful, light tan color.
The graceful hands that formerly performed minuets in the parlor only recently became controlled enough to even be allowed near Edward's precious piano. They are currently allowed to beat out scales but only under direct supervision.
The eyes are now a pleasant shade of amber, but at first they were a deep shade of nauseating scarlet. Gone immediately were my divine blue eyes. Eyes so blue that my mother described them as violet at times.
The only thing that comforted me was my crowning glory. My cascading golden hair was the only part of me that remained relatively unchanged.
That statement is not exactly true. My attitude has not changed.
I hate humans even more now than I did when I was one. I only truly loved two people from my human life. Vera and baby Henry.
Although Vera was nothing compared to me physically, she was leaps and bounds ahead of me internally. She was vivacious, effervescent, and most of all, maternal. Vera was every bit the woman I longed to be on the inside.
That of course, was not attainable because I was Rosalie Lillian Hale. I had appearances to keep up. My mother would not allow me to have Vera as my matron of honor because it was "unseemly" to have a married mother stand up with you at the altar. Thank God, or whomever, that the wedding never came to pass.
When I was a human, other girls looked at me with jealousy in their eyes. Now, the look begins as jealousy but mixes with fear as they get a sense that I am dangerous.
They are entirely correct. We are dangerous.
I could kill them before they even knew I was standing in front of them.
I could drink from them and temporarily quench the interminable thirst I feel.
I unwittingly snapped the neck of another damn deer and allowed the pulsing liquid to sear away the painful thirst I had conjured up. When I finished, I threw it behind me into the deep woods.
The thirst did not stop as it usually did though. I took a long breath to locate another animal to drink from. I instead was hit with a pungent, overpowering scent.
I then heard human footsteps. Once again, I was so caught up in myself that I completely tuned out the world around me.
I stood completely still as I heard the voices. A small voice called out to me.
No, little human, don't talk to me. Run, Rose, run!
"Um, are you ok lady? You're bleeding. Did you cut yourself?" the dark haired little angel asked me sweetly. I noticed a bigger boy walk up behind him with a tiny boy in his arms.
"Georgie, who are you talking to?" The tiny child in the boy's arms gurgled out a string of baby prattle. "Little Henry wants to know too."
Georgie? Henry?
Oh my word, these are Carlisle's humans.
I heard the child say, "I think this pretty lady is hurt. She's bleeding, Robbie." before I took off in a full sprint.
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Georgie POV
I'm mad. Really super duper mad.
I'm really super duper mad at Emmett. I never get mad at Em.
But I'm mad at him now because he won't go mushroom hunting with me. Ever since Dr. Cullen left last night, he's been all weird.
Last night when he came home he grabbed a jar of the recipe and went right to bed. Emmett never does that. He always reads to me and Henry before we go to bed.
That made me really super sad.
Then this morning when I asked him to go mushroom hunting with me, he said no. Em never turns down mushroom hunting. Not ever ever. He said he had to go to town and take care of some business. I don't know what that means.
So I asked Robbie to take me 'cause I ain't allowed in the woods by myself. Mommas afraid I'll get gobbled up by a bear or something.
"Yes, Georgie. I'll go. But you do know that Henry has to come too." I sighed. Henry wouldn't let Robbie go nowhere.
I stuck out my bottom lip. "Fine. But I'm not carrying him!"
"Hey Georgie," I heard Emmett yell as we started towards the woods. "Be careful buddy. I promise I'll go next time, ok?"
"Ok, Em! Love you, bye!" That made me real happy.
We walked and walked for a hundred thousand miles until we found one mushroom. Robbie picked it and put it in the basket.
"My feet hurt real bad, Robbieeee."
"Ugh, Georgie, don't start that whining. You're the one who wanted to do this."
I turned my head and saw a great big patch of morels, which are Em's most favorite mushroom in the whole wide state of Tennessee. I ran over to them.
I stopped real quick when I saw a tall lady standing by my mushroom patch. I hope she doesn't want them!
She just kinda stared at me. Well Em taught me how to stare at girls real good, so I stared at her too.
She was really dirty but very pretty. She had blood all over her. Cool! Oh no, maybe she got hurt hunting mushrooms. Dr. Cullen left last night. I knew I should've brought my new stethoscope!
"Um, are you ok lady? You're bleeding. Did you cut yourself?" She almost looked like she was going to smile when Robbie yelled for me.
"Georgie, who are you talking to?" I don't know genius!
"Googe!" Henry can't say Georgie yet, so he calls me Googe.
"Little Henry wants to know too."
The lady looked up at Robbie and Henry then.
"I think this pretty lady is hurt. She's bleeding, Robbie."
That's all I got out when she just ran away. Really fast. Faster than any girl I know can run.
"That was weird, buddy. Did she tell you her name?"
"Nope, she didn't say anything. Then you scared her away!" Grrrr on you Robbie!
"I didn't scare her! She was probably just embarrassed cause she was all dirty. Come on, let's pick these. We'll ask Emmett when he gets home. He knows all the girls around here."
Robbie's right. Emmett will know who she is. I hope she is okay, though.
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Emmett POV
I knew that damn recipe was a bad idea. The whole Cullen situation just freaked me out so bad though. I only wanted sleep to come quickly.
The recipe brought nightmares with it. I dreamt that Dr. Cullen stole Penny Frost and turned her into a doll. Like the ones they have down at Lawrence's. Then he came and took Georgie and Henry. He claimed that his wife wanted them. So he just took them.
I know Cullen's a good man. But the nightmare scared me. So now, I'm driving into town to buy ammunition for the gun.
It was stupid, really. I turned down Georgie's whining to go mushroom hunting. I love mushrooms.
But instead, I'm pulling in front of Lawrence's to buy ammo to defend my family against a man who would never hurt a flea and apparently could probably outrun my bullet anyway.
I think I'm losing my mind.
"What can I getcha there, son?" Old man Lawrence asked as I walked in the front of the store.
"I need some ammo for my rifle, sir."
"Over under the window, son."
I walked over, picked out what I needed, and then paid for my shit. I just need to get home. I still feel uneasy.
I was rushing out the front door when I toppled over a small body. We both went crashing to the wooden porch. I looked down and saw Penny Frost trapped underneath of me. If we weren't laying on the porch at Lawrence's, this might be kind of exciting.
"Penny! I'm so sorry!" I starting blushing to beat the ban.
"Oh, no Emmett. It's quite alright. But, um, can you let me up." Lord. Help. Me.
"Geez, yes." I hopped up, and then pulled Penny up to her feet in one quick pull.
"Where in the world are you rushing off to?" Man, she's pretty.
"Home."
Silence. Perfect.
"Look, Penny, I'm sorry. It's been a rough weekend on the mountain. Frank and Patty had the baby early and…"
"I heard. Tell Patty I send my best wishes their way." She interrupted sweetly.
I wonder…I looked at her pretty face and decided to just go for it.
"Are we still on for our walk after church tomorrow?"
"Absolutely! I'll pack a picnic lunch and we can go up the stream a bit in the woods and eat there by the water." I just looked at her. By damn, I think she's been thinking about this for awhile!
"That sounds mighty wonderful, Penny." I stooped down and gave her a quick peck on the cheek.
"See you at church, pretty girl." Hell yeah, the McCarty charm is turning on now!
"B-b-bye, Emmett." She sputtered out.
I grinned and hopped in the car.
This weekend might not turn out so bad after all.
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